About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1926-11-28
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
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Lawrence Turman

Overview

Lawrence Turman (November 28, 1926 – July 1, 2023) was an American film producer. He was best known for serving as a producer of The Graduate (1967, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.)

Turman was born in Los Angeles, California on November 28, 1926, into a Jewish family. His father was Jacob Turman and his mother Esther Gldman Turman. Turman served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Turman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of The Graduate (1967). He also produced other films such as Pretty Poison (1968), The Great White Hope (1970), The Thing (1982),[6] Mass Appeal (1984), Short Circuit (1986), The River Wild (1994), and American History X (1998).

Known for

Acting
2015 Trojan War Actor Self 59
Average
2007 Students of 'The Graduate' Actor Self N/A
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1992 'The Graduate' at 25 Actor Self 59
Average

Directing
1983 Second Thoughts Directing Director N/A
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1971 The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1983 Second Thoughts Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2001 Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen? Production Producer 57
Average
2001 Kingdom Come Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1998 American History X Production Executive Producer 82
Very good
1998 The Long Way Home Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1996 Pretty Poison Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1994 The River Wild Production Producer 62
Fair
1994 The Getaway Production Producer 58
Average
1989 Gleaming the Cube Production Producer 58
Average
1988 Full Moon in Blue Water Production Producer 59
Average
1988 Short Circuit 2 Production Producer 60
Fair
1986 Running Scared Production Producer 59
Average
1986 Short Circuit Production Producer 64
Fair
1986 News at Eleven Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1985 The Mean Season Production Producer 59
Average
1984 Mass Appeal Production Producer 58
Average
1983 Second Thoughts Production Producer N/A
N/A
1982 The Thing Production Producer 79
Good
1982 Between Two Brothers Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
1981 Caveman Production Producer 60
Fair
1979 Walk Proud Production Producer 59
Average
1977 Heroes Production Producer 59
Average
1977 First Love Production Producer 58
Average
1975 The Drowning Pool Production Producer 59
Average
1975 The Nickel Ride Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1974 Unwed Father Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1974 Get Christie Love! Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1973 She Lives! Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1971 The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker Production Producer 58
Average
1970 The Great White Hope Production Producer 58
Average
1968 Pretty Poison Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1967 The Graduate Production Producer 73
Good
1967 The Flim-Flam Man Production Producer 59
Average
1964 The Best Man Production Producer 59
Average
1963 Stolen Hours Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1963 I Could Go on Singing Production Producer 58
Average
1961 The Young Doctors Production Producer 59
Average

Crew
1974 Savages Crew Creative Consultant 59
Average
1964 The Best Man Crew Presenter 59
Average